Location: Columbus Grill, 8349 Centreville Rd., Manassas
Time: March 14, 2025
A second suspect has been arrested in connection to a brutal assault that took place outside the Columbus Grill in Manassas on November 28, 2024.
Eric Yovany Melara, 34, was taken into custody by the Town of Vienna police. Melara was wanted for malicious wounding after allegedly attacking a 27-year-old man in the restaurant’s parking lot alongside another suspect, Christopher Osbaldo Aguirre-Argueta, who was arrested in January.
According to police, the attack began as a verbal altercation but escalated when both suspects assaulted the victim, knocked him to the ground, and continued beating him. One of the men also threw an object at the victim before fleeing in a black Toyota pickup truck. The victim was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Melara’s court date is pending, and bond information is unavailable.